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SUBJ/JFTR/JTR CONSOLIDATION AND MERGER//
MILITARY PAY ADVISORY 38/14//
REF/A/DOC/PDTATAC MEMO DTD 17SEPT/NOTAL//
AMPN/REF A ANNOUNCED THE MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE JOINT
FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULATIONS VOLUME 1 (JFTR) AND THE JOINT TRAVEL
REGULATIONS VOLUME 2 (JTR) EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2014.//
POC/OPNAV N130C1 TRAVEL POLICY MR. DAVID MALY (703) 604-5476;
NPC PERS-2 MILPAY SYSTEMS MR. RON ATES (901) 874-4363//
RMKS/1.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO ANNOUNCE THE CONSOLIDATION
AND MERGER OF THE JFTR VOLUME 1 AND THE JTR VOLUME 2 INTO A SINGULAR
SET OF REGULATIONS CALLED THE "JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS" (JTR)
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2014 PER REFERENCE (A).
2.  THE TRAVEL REGULATIONS WERE FILLED WITH REDUNDANCY, OFTEN WITH THE
SAME INFORMATION REPEATED IN BOTH THE JFTR AND JTR.  OVER THE LAST YEAR,
CERTAIN CHAPTERS AND APPENDICES HAVE BEEN COMBINED BUT STILL REMAINED
IN TWO SEPARATE VOLUMES.  THE MERGER OF THE REGULATIONS INTO ONE
VOLUME MAKES THEM MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE TO
TRAVELERS AND PROVIDES ALIGNED LANGUAGE THAT HIGHLIGHTS WHERE
ALLOWANCES ARE DIFFERENT FOR UNIFORMED MEMBERS AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.
3.  THE CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THE REGULATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON
OCTOBER 1, 2014 ON THE DTMO WEBSITE:
www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/travelreg.cfm.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ACTUAL LINKS TO THE JFTR/JTR WILL BE CHANGING AND
IN SOME  CASES, PARAGRAPH NUMBERING AND/OR PAGE NUMBERS WILL
SHIFT.  THE OLD URLS WILL REDIRECT YOU TO THE NEW, CONSOLIDATED JTR FOR A
PERIOD OF TIME BUT YOU SHOULD UPDATE YOUR WEBSITE LINKS AND/OR
BOOKMARKS WITH THE NEW LINK.
4.  TO STAY ABREAST OF ALL DOD TRAVEL REGULATION CHANGES, SUBSCRIBE
TO THE DEFENSE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE (DTMO) TRAVEL REGULATION RSS
FEED AT (http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/rss.cfm//)
5.  REQUEST WIDEST DISSEMINATION.//
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